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Paris Olympics 2024

 American exhibition basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters with their manager Abe Saperstein (1902 - 1966) during a match against the Boston Whirlwinds at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London, UK, May 1951.

How Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein shaped basketball as we know it today

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 A member of the gendarmerie stands guard after a police officer was injured in an attack next to the Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris, France July 18, 2024.

Three terrorist attacks, including against Israelis, foiled during Paris 2024, says prosecutor

Ami Dadaon competes in the men's 100-meter freestyle S4 heat at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, Aug. 30, 2024, in Nanterre, France.

All the Jewish and Israeli medalists at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 Shahar Milfelder and Saleh Shahin compete in the PR2 mixed double sculls heat at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris.

As Israel endured a difficult weekend at home, its athletes won several Paralympic medals

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG, with his wife, Michal, and Israel Olympic Committee Chairperson Yael Arad, takes a selfie with the Israeli Olympic Team.

'Heroes and heroines': The Herzogs host Israel's sportspeople

 Top row, from left: Moran Samuel, Ian Seidenfeld, Guy Sasson and Ezra Frech. Bottom row, from left: Adam Berdichevsky, Mark Malyar, Asaf Yasur and Jody Schloss.

Ezra Frech, Ian Seidenfeld, Oct. 7 survivor, other athletes to watch at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 Soccer Football - UEFA Euro 2024 qualifier - Group I - Andorra v Israel - Estadi Nacional, Andorra La Vella, Andorra - November 21, 2023 Israel players pose for a team group photo before the match

To keep football beautiful, give the Palestinian campaign of hate a ‘red card’

By ARSEN OSTROVSKY
 A CHART compares Israel’s performance at the Paris Olympics with that of other Middle Eastern countries and those with a similar population size to the Jewish state.

Israel’s record Olympics: How systematic planning made seven medals normal

By BARAK SELLA
 ISRAEL’S RHYTHMIC gymnastics team celebrates its silver medal on the podium at the Paris Olympic Games last week.

My word: Pride in the face of prejudice in Paris - opinion

 ISRAEL’S RAZ HERSHKO battles against Brazil’s Beatriz Souza in the women’s +78kg gold medal match at the Paris Olympics. Despite having the early upper hand, the 26-year-old Hershko came away with silver (inset), one of Israel’s seven medals

Israel's silver Olympian Raz Hershko tells 'Post' of Paris success

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
 L-R: Bronze medalist Naoto Tajima of Japan, gold medalist Jesse Owens of the U.S. and silver medalist Luz Long of Germany on the podium for the long jump competition at the Berlin Olympics, Aug. 8, 1936.

Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast examines the 1936 Olympics

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 09, 2024. Muhammad Abdallah Kounta of France reacts after competing in heat 2.

French Olympic athlete suspended for anti-Israel posts on X

By REUTERS
 A screenshot of an anti-Israel clip shown on Iran's Ofogh.

Israel's Olympic committee condemns blood-soaked Iranian propaganda targeting athletes

 ISRAEL FLAG BEARERS – gold-medal windsurfer Tom Reuveny and silver-medal rhythmic gymnastics team captain Romi Paritzki – lead the blue-and-white delegation (inset) during Sunday’s closing ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympic Summer Games at Stade de France.

Israeli Olympians celebrate successful Games in Paris upon return to Israel

By JOSHUA HALICKMAN
 Paris 2024 Olympics - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Group All-Around Final - Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France - August 10, 2024. Team Israel celebrate winning silver.

Israelis desperately needed something to celebrate, and our Olympians gave us just that

 Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan celebrates with his coach and Uzbekistan Olympic boxing team's head coach Tulkin Kilichev after winning against Billal Bennama of France. Picture taken August 8, 2024.

British medics save Uzbekistan boxing coach after cardiac arrest at Paris Olympics

 L-R: Tom Reuveny, Jessica Fox, Artem Dolgopyat and Jemima Montag are among the Jewish medalists at the Paris Olympics.

All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
French military walk the streets of Paris, August 6, 2024.

Safe with sparse streets: Paris feels the Olympic effect

By Sam Baeza/The Media Line